ability to create a legitimate online gaming industry within its
borders, drive illegal operators out of business and protect
consumers; and
WHEREAS, Passage of this measure as Federal law would be
inimical to the interests of this Commonwealth, which has been
at the forefront of a well-regulated casino gaming industry for
nearly a decade and which recognizes the benefits of Internet
gaming and its future potential; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of our nation's history, state
governments, not the Federal Government, have determined what
forms of gambling should be legal or illegal within their
borders and, if legal, how gambling should be regulated or
controlled; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the Congress of the United
States to defeat the Restoration of America's Wire Act,
introduced as H.R. 707 in the 114th Congress, which prohibits
the transmission by wire communication of any bet or wager or of
information assisting in the placement of any bet or wager,
including Internet gaming; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania implore the Pennsylvania
Congressional Delegation to unequivocally oppose H.R. 707, which
would unduly ban Internet gaming and violate the rights and
protections guaranteed to the states under the 10th Amendment of
the Constitution of the United States; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
each member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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